Natural hazards · Anthony

Anthony, NM natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Anthony comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Anthony?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Anthony to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding58%Heat waves13%Cold waves8%Drought6%Lightning5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Anthony faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

58% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 46 times a year in the area

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Anthony flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Anthony.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Anthony isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Dona Ana County.

Disasters that hit Anthony

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Anthony itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Anthony.

Brought FEMA money into AnthonyDeclared for Dona Ana County only

2025

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides

21 households applied for aid $313K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$7K to the City of Anthony for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

67 households applied for aid $27K aid approved

Dona Ana County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Anthony

Anthony and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Anthonymostly inland floodingVery low

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Anthony covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Anthony’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Anthony. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Anthony total about $1.0M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.